Real Friends w/ Can’t Swim, Carly Cosgrove and Slow Joy. The floor of this show is general admission and standing room only. The mezzanine is fully, reserved seating. ABOUT THE BAND: For as much as the world has changed since Real Friends first emerged in 2010, the band’s mission hasn’t. The Chicago, Illinois quintet continue to bleed without apology and write songs that make it okay to feel everything: The ups, the downs, and everything else in between. Rather than shy away from emotion, the renowned group runs right towards it with distortion cranked and hearts opened, tightening their careful distillation of pop-punk and emo on each subsequent release. The band’s forthcoming 13-track album “Blue Hour” (set to release October 11th 2024) is a shift from previous works, reaching even deeper into complex emotions and subject matter with heavier overtones. Working again with producer Andrew Wade, Real Friends set out to make the album they truly wanted to make, and feel like they fully achieved that goal. To date, Real Friends has amassed over 150 million streams across 4 EP’s and 3 full-length albums, and look forward to continuing their momentum with Blue Hour, their first-ever self-released full-length album - The band has even created their own community-based record label to release the album under, calling the record label Midwest Trash.